Through our membership in the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI), GE was fortunate to contribute to the six-year process that culminated in these Guiding Principles. Our own Statement of Principles on Human Rights has been drafted to reflect GE’s responsibility to respect human rights in our global operations...At GE, we believe that respect for human rights is both a responsibility and a sound business strategy, especially because many of the products we produce—clean water, energy, healthcare technology—are, at a minimum, human rights enablers. GE’s growth plans have taken us into emerging markets, where human rights are often under pressure. To help understand and mitigate these risks, GE is a member of an organization known as the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI)...GBI’s purpose is to bring the discussion of businesses’ role in respecting human rights to “emerging market” countries and other regions where human rights are under pressure. Recent GBI gatherings have taken place in Brazil, Egypt and Kenya, and, most recently, in China [and UAE]...The topics and discourse at the GBI meeting in Abu Dhabi again demonstrated that the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are no mere flash in the pan. They are here to stay, and they are applicable to every business entity in the world, no matter its size, its region, or its line of business. [Also refers to Aramco, Tata]